File ID	f304p2183
Contributor	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Creator	Taylor, Eugene
Date.Digital	2002-07-24
Date.Original	c. 1909
Description	The Goss printing press built especially for the Lewis Publishing Company to produce "The Woman's National Daily" cost $10,000 and was reported to be the largest and fastest press in the world. The press could print and fold 5,000 complete newspapers per minute. It stood 28 feet high and held 36 rolls of newsprint which weighed 1,500 pounds each. This photograph appeared the "The Woman's National Daily" on June 7, 1909, as part of a series called "Views of the Lewis Publishing Co.'s Great Plants in University City." It also appeared in "The Siege of University City" by Sidney Morse, published in 1912.
Source	Photograph, surface abrasions left side, staining lower corners, 9.24" by 7.58"
Subject	Lewis Publishing Company-Employees (University City, Mo.)
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Woman's National Daily Building-Interior (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Goss Printing Press Company (Chicago, Il.)
Subject.Keyword	Printing presses
Title	Goss printing press in the Woman's National Daily Building, about 1909